October 2015

Good morning crafty friends, I hope you’re gearing up for a productive day. I have a commission to complete today but first as Autumn is well and truly here now I thought I would share an apt make from the latest Creativity magazine.

The brief was Autumn so I wanted to make sure I included lots of Autumnal colours and textures.

I added lots of raffia and made cracked leaves by triple embossing them using clear embossing powder.

I also added embossed and inked panels, jute trim and tiny die cut flowers for a pop of purple.

The instructions to make this card and a full shopping list can be found in Creativity 63, available now.

Hi crafty friends, I just love Sunday mornings! I was going to go to Zumba but after working all day yesterday I’m enjoying tea and TV in bed, bliss!

I’m slowly getting my head around recent events and am feeling quite positive about it all. I’ve actually got quite a bit of work coming in which is great and I’m hoping that there’ll be more soon with a bit of luck!

So, I have a lovely time at the Craft Gallery (also known as the Market Gallery) in Southampton yesterday. We were in full on Christmas mode although I managed to make one non festive make that was inspired by a card I made in this month’s Creativity.

This Anita’s topper was mixed with various neutral embellishments to create an Autumn inspired make.

This is a simple but cute Wellington stepper card with a touch of gold sparkle.

This cheeky gingerbread man is from the Jolly Santa range.

I had a great day, it’s great to remember what my job is about…inspiring others.

Hello craft friends, I hope you’re all well and are tucked up in your craft rooms away from the terrible weather. Things have been a little stressful to say the least in Krafti world, after coming back from Florida I got made redundant from my job at do crafts.

Needless to say I was devastated but I’ve picked myself up and with the help of my wonderful Hoobs I have a brand new blog and website to launch myself as a freelance paper craft designer!!
I’m determined to carry on with my dream job and I can now spread my creative wings and enjoy lots of different and exciting products. I’m still going to be working with docrafts on a freelance basis and will still be carrying on with my demonstrations.

Hi crafty friends, I’m enjoying a lovely lie in before the crafting madness starts tomorrow when I go back to work. I’ve had a bit of a rest this week although not much as I had a docrafts demonstration at The Range in Gosport yesterday. It was fun though!

So, I managed to grab a copy of the latest Papercraft Inspirations as back in July I was asked to create some projects using the new XCut Christmas Shadow Box Dies. I really enjoyed this project and was even more chuffed when one card made the front cover!

The three cards all featured an LED tealight and a vellum panel at the back of the scene to create a festive glow.

I also used the latest docrafts Christmas range Pocket Full of Posies.

These dies are fabulous and create the most lovely festive scenes.

On the final project I layered up the village scene with acetate and created a shaker scene on a gift bag.

If you would like to have a go at these projects the XCut Shadow Box dies and Papermania Pocket Full of Posies are both available at your nearest docrafts stockist.

Hi crafty friends, I hope you’re all well. I’ve had a crazy week, I got back from Florida on Tuesday and I’m absolutely shattered! Luckily I took the rest of this week off.

I was lucky enough to be invited to the Tim Collins Show again which I visited in Boston back in April. This time it was in Orlando which was very exciting as I’ve never been.

As well as a trade show on the Sunday I had four workshops using some of our lovely new docrafts products.

This trick or treat bag features a mixture of the latest Santoro Gorjuss Tweed range and the XCut Spooky Graveyard Shadow Box Die. With Halloween just around the corner this was a popular make.

This light up card was definitely the favourite of the weekend. It’s been made with the XCut Santa in The Sky Shadow box die and has an LED tealight behind it to create a festive glow. I’ve have created a whole set of these cards for Papercraft Inspirations which I will share later in the week.

I had a fabulous time in Florida, the people were so friendly and I also got to meet the craft legend Tim Holtz, it doesn’t get much better than that!

Hi crafty friends, I hope alls well with you. I’m enjoying a nice lie in with Hoobs and Lottie so I thought I would share some makes with you.

The latest issue of Creativity magazine turned up at HQ this week and it’s packed full of lovely festive makes. I made some distressed Christmas cards for this issue which all feature the Papermania Tall Urban Stamp Postal Frame.

This one has tissue paper added to it and stamped and embossed snowflakes as well as lots of inking and spritzing to create a distressed look.

I’ve used a star embossing folder on the corner of this one, inked over the top and sanded the stars to give them a worn look.

Finally, I dampened some white card, crumpled it up and painted with water down brown ink to create this aged look.

Creativity Issue 62 is available now through the usual stockists, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!